Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 816. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA SOAEMIAS, mother of Elagabalus. Augusta 220-222 AD. Æ Sestertius (22.10 g, 12h). Struck 220-222 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre; star to left. RIC IV 402 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 375 var. (Elagabalus; star to left); Cohen 11. VF, red-brown patina, a little weak in centers. Rare. ($300)